Video Gaming News - July 2004
Redwood City, CA (July 1, 2004) - Electronic Arts today unveiled the
soundtrack for Madden NFL 2005.
From EA Sports:
Featuring an all-star line-up of emerging rock and hip-hop artists, the
world’s best-selling football videogame will once again shape the sound of the
2005 football season. The in-game soundtrack features 21 groundbreaking new
songs that will rock the music scene this fall.
Madden NFL 2005 launches the new Green Day album with their single "American
Idiot", the first single from the platinum band Chevelle and new singles from
Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas, THE HIVES, Hoobastank, New Found Glory and
Alter Bridge – the originating members of Creed. Adding further edge to the
line-up are breaking bands Yung Wun, Midtown, Earshot, Hazen Street, Mooney
Suzuki, Jazze Pha, Franz Ferdinand and an exclusive rematch of The D.O.C’s “It’s
Funky Enough” vs. Earshot’s “Wait” mixed by famed DJ, D.J. Z Trip.
The full soundtrack line-up for Madden NFL 2005 is:
ARTIST
TRACK
Wylde Bunch
Last Day of School
New Found Glory
This Disaster
Earshot
Wait
Hoobastank
Same Direction
Ozomatli
Saturday Night
Jazze Pha
Da Heavy Hittas
Strata
Piece By Piece
Yung Wun
Yung Wun Anthem
Z-Trip feat. Soup of J5
Listen to the DJ
The D.O.C. vs. Earshot
The Madden Re-Match
Will.I.Am
Go!
Hazen Street
Fool the World
Midtown
Give It Up
Alter Bridge
Open Your Eyes
Green Day
American Idiot
JR Ewing
Time to Get Dirty
The Hives
Two-Timing Touch and Broken Bones
Mooney Suzuki
Alive and Amplified
Chevelle
The Clincher
Faith No More
From out of Nowhere (Throwback Track Powered by Rhino)
Franz Ferdinand
Take Me Out
“Madden helps set the pace of pop culture by defining the look, feel, and sound
of the upcoming season,” said Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and
Audio at EA. “For millions of players worldwide, the sound of football in Madden
NFL 2005 will be synonymous with Franz Ferdinand, D.J. Z Trip, Green Day, THE
HIVES and the other artists in the game. We sort through thousands of new songs
as we make our selections. We will not put last year’s hits in this year’s game.
Players around the world can count on Madden to deliver the coolest tracks of
the year.”
The soundtrack is a part of the EA SPORTS TRAX music initiative that EA debuted
in 2001. The program is dedicated to bringing gamers the hottest music through
EA’s videogames.
Madden NFL 2005, developed by EA-Tiburon, is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB
and will be available on the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system, the
Nintendo GameCube, the Xbox video game system from Microsoft, Game Boy Advance
in stores on August 12. It will be available in September on PC and PlayStation.
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